{"id":1042,"date":"2014-03-20T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:08:34","slug":"what-is-a-nonfiction-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/what-is-a-nonfiction-book\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Nonfiction Book?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CHXCAA6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CHXCAA6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rwlnfw-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1045\" style=\"width: 94px;\" alt=\"What Is a Nonfiction Book?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/How-to-Market-a-Book-Through-Speaking-Engagements-2-197x300.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>Nonfiction books are one of the two divisions of prose writing (fiction being the second).The genre of non fiction books provides accurate factual or truthful information that is\u00a0based on empirical or historical data according the\u00a0author. Non-fiction books\u00a0cover many topic areas which are\u00a0written to inform, educate or share ideas and suggestions to readers.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the more popular nonfiction categories include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel<\/li>\n<li>Textbooks<\/li>\n<li>History<\/li>\n<li>Journals<\/li>\n<li>Memoirs<\/li>\n<li>Diaries<\/li>\n<li>Biographies<\/li>\n<li>Documentaries<\/li>\n<li>Essays<\/li>\n<li>Photo journals<\/li>\n<li>Technical manuals<\/li>\n<li>Business skills<\/li>\n<li>How To<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Authors who focus on\u00a0nonfiction\u00a0writing are typically subject matter experts in their chosen topic and have extensive amounts of experience and expertise in their areas. Their backgrounds lend credibility to what they write and attract their readers.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an author and want ideas on how to effectively build an author platform to help sell more books and create passive and residual streams of income, get a copy of my book, <em>Make Money Writing Books: Proven Profit Making Strategies for Authors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonfiction books are one of the two divisions of prose writing (fiction being the second).The genre of non fiction books provides accurate factual or truthful information that is\u00a0based on empirical or historical data according the\u00a0author. Non-fiction books\u00a0cover many topic areas which are\u00a0written to inform, educate or share ideas and suggestions to readers. 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